Labour market
The job satisfaction map: these are the countries where workers live best
Monday 12 December 2022 |
Ana Ruiz Marta Ley
| El Confidencial
How do you measure happiness at work? The latest data from Eurostat helps to identify what matters most to workers in the new post-Covid era.
Working poverty is still a problem in Europe
Tuesday 10 January 2023 |
Openpolis Poverty among people who work is a widespread phenomenon in Europe, and it has remained nearly stable over the last 10 years. High work-intensity households are not spared, while younger people are often hit the hardest. Approximately 9 percent of working people in the EU live below the poverty line.
The gender gap is not narrowing
Thursday 18 January 2018 |
Voxeurop In the last ten years, women’s unemployment progressively fell almost to that of men, but in many countries there still are huge differences.
The number of workers at risk of in-work poverty increases by 12% in the European Union
Tuesday 23 March 2021 |
Naïri Nahapétian | Alternatives Economiques
The number of workers at risk of in-work poverty has increased in 16 countries in the European Union. In response to this, the European Trade Union Confederation is calling for the European Commission’s Minimum Wage directive to prohibit the setting of such wages below the at-risk-of-poverty threshold.
Is Amazon destroying more jobs than it creates?
Wednesday 07 April 2021 |
Justin Delépine | Alternatives Economiques
A study has revealed the negative impact of e-commerce on employment, counting the number of jobs created and destroyed.
Remote working: a revolution in need of rules
Tuesday 15 December 2020 |
Vincent Grimault | Alternatives Economiques
Telework has mainly been a revolution by accident, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many people have now discovered its upside and potential, but also its risks and limits. However, bad working conditions linked to nomadic or at-home work are not inevitable.
Public employees: comparisons between European countries are deceptive
Tuesday 27 March 2018 |
Vincent Grimault | Alternatives Economiques
“Hypertrophic”, “poorly run”, “bloated”, “too costly”... in all countries, cliches concerning the public service are legion. New indicators allow us to see how the reality is more nuanced.
There’s an urgent need for foreign labour in Croatia
Friday 18 January 2019 |
Francesca Rolandi | OBC Transeuropa
Fewer births, greater life expectancy, emigration. These are some of the ingredients adding up to local labour shortages - now a major problem in many Eastern European countries.
Go East: home is where joy is
in depth
Wednesday 25 October 2017 |
Lidija Pisker | OBC Transeuropa
More and more professionals from the Western Balkans choose to seek a better life by going east – opting for countries such as the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland
The mirage of cheaper labor
in depth
Wednesday 13 November 2019 |
Marc Chevallier | Alternatives Economiques
In their quest for competitiveness many countries are fixated on cutting the cost of labor, in particular by reducing social-insurance contributions. But it that the right solution?
